¶ The Description.
1 HOrdeum vstum, or 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Hordei, is that burnt or 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Barley which is alto∣gether vnprofitable and good for no∣thing, an enemy vnto corne; for that in stead of an eare with corne, there is nothing else but blacke dust, which spoileth bread, or whatsoeuer is made thereof.
2 Burnt Otes, or Vstilago Auenae, or Auenacea, is likewise an vnprofitable Plant, degenerating from Otes, as the other from Barley, Rie, and Wheat. It were in vaine to make a long haruest of such euill corne, considering it is not possessed with one good qualitie. And therefore thus much shall suffice for the description.
3 Burnt Rie hath no one good property in phi∣sicke, appropriate either to man, birds, or beast, and is a hurtfull maladie to all corne where it groweth; hauing an eare in shape like to corne, but in stead of graine it doth yeeld a blacke pouder or dust, which causeth bread to looke blacke, and to haue an euill taste: and that corne where it is, is called smootie corne, and the thing it selfe Burnt Corne, or blasted corne.